Alert archive / Arkansas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA
NWS Shreveport, LA issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 1986, 2:25 AM CST for Pike County, Arkansas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1986, 2:25 AM CST (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1986, 5:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Shreveport, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pike County, AR
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Longview/Gregg, TX (KGGG), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KSHV 050832
FFWSHV
TXC037-OKC089-ARC081-133-061-109-057-051130-
BULLETIN...EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
225 AM CST SAT APR 5 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 530 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST TEXAS...NORTHWEST HALF OF BOWIE
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA...SOUTHEAST MCCURTAIN
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...LITTLE RIVER...SEVIER...HOWARD..PIKE AND NORTH
HEMPSTEAD.
THIS EXTENDS WARNINGS IN TIME FOR THE SAME AREA THAT WERE ISSUED LATE
FRIDAY EVENING.
A 225 AM CST THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN SHREVEPORT CONTINUED
TO INDICATE A 40 MILE WIDE BAND OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST OF HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS...
ACROSS THE GLEENWOOD...DEQUEEN...NASHVILLE...ASHDOWN AREAS...
ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN TEXARKANA AND IDABEL TO THE CLARKSVILLE
...MT PLEASANT AND SULPHUR SPRINGS AREA OF NORTHEAST TEXAS.
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND HAVE DECREASED SOMEWHAT..EXCEPT IN
THE GLEENWOOD ARKANSAS AREA AND SOUTHWEST OF DEKALB TEXAS WHERE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE...BUT CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTH
EAST ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA.
RAINFALL OF THREE TO OVER FIVE INCHES HAS LIKELY OCCURRED SINCE
LAST EVENING...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHCE BY
MORNING POSSIBLE. DEKALB TEXAS HAS ALREADY RECORRD NEAR SEVEN
INCHES.
SOME SMALL STEAMS IN THE LITTLE RIVER BASIN OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS
HAVE LEFT THEIR BANKS IN LOW AREAS...QND THE LITTLE RIVER IS
RUNNING BANKFULL FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN FORK DOWN
STREAM AND WILL FLOOD SATURDAY.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWA*YS AND
BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE WASHOUTS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 5, 1:30 AM CST, 55 minutes before
NEWLSRSHV
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
115 AM CST SAT APR % 1986
THE FOLLOWING SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS WERE REPORTED TO THE WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT FRIDAY APRIL 4TH.
329 PM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL NORTH OF NASHVILLE IN HOWARD COUNTY.
ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
445 PM...MARBLE SIZE HALE AT DE KALB IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
510 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF DE KALB IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...TORNADO NORTHWEST OF DEKALB...HOUSE DESTOYED..
PEOPLE TRAPPEDIN HOUSE,
500 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT DE KALB IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS.
REPORTED BY KTAL TELEVISION STATION.
520 PM...TORNADO NORTH OF NEW BOSTON IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS. DAMAGE TO
TREES. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN
513 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL ALONG THE RED RIVER NORTHWEST OF NEW BOSTON
IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
520 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NORTH LONGVIEW IN GREGG COUNTY TEXAS.
DAMAGE TO SKY LIGHTS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
525 PM...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT WHITE OAK...8 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF LONGVIEW IN GREGG COUNTY TEXAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
530 PM...TORNADO ALONG RED RIVER NORTHEAST OF HOOKS IN BOWIE COUNTY
TEXAS. DAMAGE TO TREES. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
530 PM...1 INCH HAIL AT SPRINGHILL NEAR LONGVIEW IN GREGG COUNTY
TEXAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
530 PM...FUNNEL CLOUD ALONG THE RED RIVER SOUTHWEST OF ASHDOWN IN
IN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY THE LITTLE RIVER SHRERIFF
OFFICE.
534 PM...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES NORTH OF WHITE OAK IN GREGG COUNTY
TEXAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
603 PM...FUNNEL CLOUD A MILE NORTH OF ASHDOWN IN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY
ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
610 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WEST OF ASHDOWN ARKANSAS...LITTLE RIVER
COUNTY...FUNNEL CLOUDS BETWEEN FORMEN AND SAHDOWN.
612 PM...WIND DAMAGE TO TREES BETWEEN ASHDOWN AND WILTON ARKANSAS
...BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED...LIFTED. LITTLE RIVER COUNTY
613 PM...LARGE AMOUNT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT LONE STAR IN CASS
COUNTY TEXAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN
622 PM...PEA TO NICKLE SIZE HAIL AT HUGHS SPRINGS IN CASS COUNTY TEXAS.
REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN
635 PM...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL BETWEEN SARATOGA AND TOLLETTE IN HOWARD
COUNTY ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY ARKANSAS STATE POLICE.
6:39 PM...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT AT JEFFERSON IN MARION COUNTY TEXAS.
REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN
725 PM...MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT HOOKS IN BOWIE COUNTY TEXAS. REPORTED BY
SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN
7:25...FUNNEL CLOUD BETWEEN HOPE AND PRESCOTT IN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY SHREVEPORT SKY-WARN.
715 PM...FUNNEL CLOUD 5 MILES NORTH OF HOPE IN HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE.
720 PM...TORNADO NEAR DEANN IN HEMMPSTEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS...DAMAGE
TO OUTBUILDINGS...POWER LINES DOWN.
740 PM...TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY 332 10 MILES WEST OF PRESCOTT...
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN...NEVADA COUNTY.
735 PM...2 FUNNLE CLOUDS AT THE 36 MILE MARKER ON I-30 NEAR HOPE IN
HEMPSTEAD COUNTY ARKANSAS. REPORTED BY ASP
715 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUDS EAST OF JEFFERSON TEXAS...TREES DOWN...
MARION COUNTY.
720 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF ATLANTA TEXAS...
FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF KILLDARE...SEVERAL TREES BLOWN
. DOWN..CASS COUNTY
750 PM CST...FUNNEL CLOUDS EAST OF RODESSA AND OVER IDA LOUISIANA...
CADDO PARISH...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED NORTHEAST OF IDA
758 PM CST...TORNADO BETWEEN HOPE AND PRESCOTT ARKANSAS...NUMEROUS
TREES DWON BLOCKING ROAD...332...HEMPSTEAD AND NEVADA
COUNTIES.
810 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEXARKANA
BOWIE COUNTY
818 PM CST...ONE INCH HAIL AT RED WATER TEXAS...BOWIE COUNTY
825 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE ARKANSAS
FUNNEL CLOUDS...HOWARD COUNTY
912 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT NEW BOSTON TEXAS...WIND DAMAGE
BETWEEN NEW BOSTON AND DEKALB...ROOF OFF HOUSE.
440 PM CST..GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLEENWOOD
ARKANSAS...PIKE COUNTY.
500 PM CST...TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF GLEENWOOD ARKANSAS...OUT
BUILDINGS DAMAGED...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING
RAODS..PIKE COUNTY.
620 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIXE HAIL SOUTHEAST OF HARELTON TEXAS...
HARRISON COUNTY
630 PM CST...NICKLE SIZE HAIL SOUTHWEST OF JEFFERSON TEXAS...
MARION COUNTY.
720 PM CST...NICKLE SIZE HAIL NORTHEAST OF RODESSA LOUISIANA...
CADDO PARISH.
740 PM CST....TREES DOWN SOUTHEAST OF FOUKE ARKANSAS...QUARTER
SIZE HAIL NEAR FORT LYNN..MILLER COUNTY.
745 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWSIVILLE
ARKANSAS...LAFAYETTE
750 PM CST...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR MILLWOOD RESERVOIR DAM...
LITTLE RIVER COUNTY.
INCOMPLETE REPORT....
ALSO...FLOODING OCCURING IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST TEXAS....DEKALB
TEXAS REPORTS SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Little River | 70 min |
| Apr 4, 7:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead | 70 min |
| Apr 4, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nevada | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Lafayette, Miller | 80 min |
| Apr 4, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Columbia, Nevada | 80 min |
| Apr 4, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Pike | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 9:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nevada | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sevier | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 2:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Sevier | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.